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A Met Office spokesman said: "Our ‘feels like’ temperature takes into account wind speeds and humidity to assess how the human body actually feels temperature. For example in winter a strong wind can feel much colder than the measured temperature would indicate.

"We calculate a ‘feels like' temperature by taking into account the expected air temperature, relative humidity and the strength of the wind at around 5 feet (the typical height of an human face) combined with our understanding of how heat is lost from the human body during cold and windy days."

However, temperatures are expected to pick up again across Somerset heading into the latter part of this week.

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The south west regional Met Office forecast reads: "After a fine evening on Monday (October 29) it will be dry overnight with clear skies and light winds. Temperatures will drop quickly leading to a sharp frost as well as patches of freezing fog.

"Tuesday will be a fine day with long spells of sunshine developing after frost and patchy fog clears. It will be perhaps cloudier at times in the east. Maximum Temperature 10 °C.

"The weather will be changeable on Wednesday and Thursday with some showery rain and turning breezy at times. It will start bright on Friday, but heavy rain and gales will spread from the west later."

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